We’ve seen a lot of crazy things on The Real Housewives of New York City, not to mention the other venerable iterations of the Housewives franchise. But nothing, nothing compares to the one hour of borderline incoherent insanity brought to us last night by the wonderfully kooky Kelly Bensimon. The former model had been on her best behavior all season, going so far as to convince us that she was somewhat normal, but after weeks of keeping it bottled up, Kelly’s craziness finally spewed forth in the Caribbean, and if you thought last week’s misadventures on the yacht were bizarre, they were nothing compared to this latest round of ridiculousness. The woman is certifiably insane, and if she’s not, then she must be on drugs. How else to explain her rambling rants, impetuous attacks, and generally volatile behavior? This wasn’t a case of creative editing. The woman was truly making no sense. AND IT LASTED FOR THE ENTIRE EPISODE.
Starting with Kelly once again grilling Bethenny about her chef credentials at the breakfast table, the loopy model went on a tear that only seemed to let up during a silly photo shoot on the beach. That was merely the eye of the hurricane though because everything else was truly tempestuous. There was Kelly bursting into tears after receiving a gift from Bethenny that she perceived to be impersonal (it’s like bawling about getting party favors that aren’t specifically tailored to each guest). There was Kelly passive-aggressively suggesting everyone write down their complaints on a pad (so that she could then throw them in the trash — a bit unproductive). And then there was her ridiculous behavior during the dinner that Bethenny hosted for Ramona.
First Kelly insisted that she couldn’t sit across from the Skinny Girl herself, fearing that she might be murdered right there in her seat. It was a ridiculous and immature suggestion, and if it were true, I’m not sure that then sitting diagonal from her would have made much of a difference. Perhaps what was most sad/bizarre/frustrating was the way that Kelly repeatedly accused the other girls of ganging up on her. It got to the point where she even had called Jill to express fear for her own safety (a wild exaggeration on Kelly’s part, but one that Jill was happy to take at face value, probably because it gave her a sense of superiority).
As the dinner went on, Kelly’s behavior became more and more unpredictable, and she would hardly let anyone get a word in edgewise, often insisting that the others “zip it.” When Ramona tried to apologize to Bethenny for making her cry on the Brooklyn Bridge, Kelly butted in and told them to just be quiet. Again, she cited her hatred of “feelings,” and again she noted that they were so 1979. In the middle of this, Kelly then went off about Alex’s pale skin and scary eyes, and eventually, it all kind of culminated with her likening Bethenny to Al Sharpton. Yeah, it was crazy.
Honestly, the entire episode was sort of like overload, and I can’t remember much of it. What I can recall is poor Sonja, who continually got stuck being the one talking Kelly back from the ledge. Eventually she just gave up and engaged in perhaps my favorite practice of the night: calling for empathy towards Kelly while simultaneously tearing her to shreds. For instance, when the other women started going off on Kelly, Sonja would frequently urge them to stop ganging up on the poor girl… because CLEARLY SHE WAS CLINICALLY INSANE. And yes, Sonja would say this RIGHT TO KELLY’S FACE. And even better, Kelly seemed totally unfazed! Amazing. So far, Sonja has been a major, major win for this cast.
Anyway, my brain still needs detoxing. Here are some pics in the meantime.
“Well this is a lovely breakfast. Kelly, any words of crazy for us?”
Kelly: “Bethenny’s eyeballs are made of popcorn.”
“Okay.”
“We’re actually upside down right now.”
“Okay.”
“And seagulls are actually just cacti who’ve been exposed to Crab Rangoon.”
“Great!”
Alex: “Kelly, you’re making my hair stand on end. Literally. You’ve brought my frizz back.”
Ramona: “This water is gorgeous. No, you know what it is? It’s the opposite of déclassé. That’s what it is. Opposite of déclassé. Sorry! It’s déclassé, naaaawwwt!!”
“So wrong that I figure skate on the ice? It’s a free world. FEH.”
“Jill Zarin is a mean girl, and she is at an ICE RINK. And while she is at an ice rink, I AM ATOP A TURRET!”
“CoooAHH! CooooAAHHHH!!”
Kelly: “Alex, what are you doing?”
“Just calling out to Simon. We communicate through the wind.”
“Guys, I have my artistic glasses on; so this means I’m being artistic. Get it? Because when I put them on, they make me artistic. Because I’m an artist. Wait, how do you turn this thing on?”
“I think this will look just SMASHING on my Christmas card this year!”
“I like to call this pose ‘Sexy Green Bean.'”
“HIIIIEEEEEE, bag! Oh wait. Ew. A bag? This is gross. And it has my initials on it. Who does that? Monograms are so impersonal.”
Jill: “I told Kelly she shouldn’t have gone without us. I told her.”
LuAnn: “She would have been having a much better time here in this empty restaurant that may or may not have been used in a softcore porno.”
“Would you believe that the waiter called me a snake? ME! A snake!”
Jill: “I think he just asked if you wanted a cocktail.”
“JE CROIS PAS, Jill. Je crois pas…”
Ramona: “You know what? This is lovely. It’s lovely. Sorry! It’s lovely.”
Alex: “I propose we toast to the return of my frizzy hair.”
Sonja: “Do you think the waitress would mind if I squeezed her boobs?”
“How is it that I’m able to speak into this little piece of plastic and then hear my daughters’ voices through it too? That’s gross. It’s gross.”
“Phone. PHONE. Zip it! Zip it, phone!”
Ramona: “I just remembered. I accidentally fed Kelly after midnight. NOW it makes sense.”
“I’m not sitting across from Bethenny. I’m just not doing that. She’s going to try to kill me. I literally had nightmares, nightmares, about her reaching across a table and killing me with her bare hands, WHICH, you should know, have butter knives for fingers.”
“Did you guys hear LuAnn’s new song? I mean REALLY?”
Ramona: “Kelly is crazy. She’s crazy. I’m sorry, she’s crazy! I haven’t seen someone this crazy since the last time I saw somebody buy KODAK FILM, which, as we all know, is a dying brand.”
“Kelly, this is the Skinny Girl’s Guide to SHUTTING THE EFF UP.”
“Ew. These women are gross. Bethenny is a murderer. Alex is a vampire. Ramona has a dragon tail. And Sonja just gave birth to an octopus. It’s creepy. Like 1979… HIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!”
Sonja: “Ladies, don’t be mean to Kelly. After all, she’s clearly MENTALLY DERANGED.”
“Bethenny, you’re a bitch.”
“Why am I a bitch?”
“Oh my god. You’re so defensive.”
“You just called me a bitch.”
“No. You called me a bitch.”
“You’re crazy.”
“And you’re a cook.”
“This again.”
“You need to stop thinking about ‘this’ and start talking about ‘that.'”
“What does that even mean?”
“Just… just zip it. Shhh.”
“You make no sense.”
“Whatever you say, AL SHARPTON.”
“What?”
“Hey everyone, it’s AL SHARPTON!”
“If this is a reference to my Jack Nicholson impersonation–“
“Jack Nicholson? Is he a friend of AL SHARPTON? Hey, hey, hey! It’s AAAAAAL Sharpton!”
“Now you’re doing Fat Albert.“
“Did you call me fat? You’re so immature. Really, Bethenny. Really. Zip it. Zip it.”
What did you think about the episode? What was Kelly’s problem? Is she unhinged? Or was she driven to insanity? And what other stuff did I miss (I know there’s plenty)?
Bethenney’s worst transgression: talking smack about Kelly’s close friend Gywnneth.
This episode was nuts and I can’t wait to watch it again. Even Jill has picked up that Kelly is out of her damn mind, but she won’t let on because she needs every ally she can get in her war to one-up Bethenny.
Oh Jen – your Ramona Crazy Eyes avatar is so “Free to be, you and me, 1979.â€
Kelly just kept repeating “Good things for everyone” in that same spooky way that Jack did in The Shining when he typed ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.
Kelly is one jellybean away from the rubber room.
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“Monograms are so impersonal” Perfect! LOLOLOL!
I watched it half asleep and will watch this one again. Kelly on film without time to decompress or regain her mental balance.. shocking. And that it took them THAT long to understand they were attacking an insane person?
And the after show! ha haha. I would have expected Kelly to answer for her behavior or Ramona to shed some light but no…………………Poor Jessica Parker having to answer AC’s questions about these nuts. She recognized that Sonja coming on the show was a help for all of New York. Loved it. And next week!!!! Bobbie was there seeing Jill get shanked by her “”friends”” I cannot wait to see it.
Oh my! Where to begin… so much good stuff here!
Yes, the Gwynneth name-dropping was hilarious — sooooo awesome when Bethenny asks, ‘Gwynneth, who??’ Didn’t she also accuse her of insulting a ‘Rachel?’ Who on Earth might that be? I also loved the waiter person running around filling everyone’s wine glasses while Kelly’s head was spinning around ready to explode. What was with the lollipops and gum berries? She really does live in a completely different world — as if those were going to make everything okay?!! The Al Sharpton thing also had me rolling. And, any ideas as to what ‘Satchels of Gold’ means?
As hilarious parts of this were, there were definitely parts that made me really uncomfortable. Kelly truly needs help for her drug problem or mental illness or whatever is going on.
Rachel is Rachel Zoe. Remember Bethany insulted her show last year? I didn’t either, but it suddenly came to me!
Ahhhh… nope, don’t remember. But, pretty easy target so makes sense!
(Kelly crying on the phone to Jill) Okay, I am going to hang up and smile. (That was such a normal response)
Shoot — just remembered something else… Was that Johnny Weir’s coach chewing Jill out on the rink?
I’m a Johnny Weir aficionado, and unless he’s changed recently his coach is a Russian woman. I would love for Andy to have Johnny on Watch What Happens to get his take on these women.
Well God bless you for you devotion!! ;o)… Yet, a little disappointed as it kind of made my night thinking about JW’s coach yelling at Jill!! Anyway, it was kind of an intense scolding, whoever it was, and I totally agree that Johnny should be on Watch What Happens…. his perspective would be priceless!
Yes he was one of our Olympic coaches who rightfully yelled at Jill. Loved it!
He has two coaches. Galina Zmievskaya and Viktor Petrenko. Not having seen the episode I can’t say if it was him, but he has more than just “a Russian woman” as his coach.
Whoever it was, it was stinkin’ hilarious and I would love to hear Johnny’s take on it!
omg the preview for next week when the countess elaborates on kelly looks AMAZEBALLS
I can’t believe B-Side is the only person I’ve heard discussing this episode who mentioned drugs. Kelly is so clearly high to me… that girl is either on coke or pills- some hard stuff for sure. I can’t believe it didn’t occur to any of the women on the boat. Maybe I’m wrong and she is just nuts, but I don’t know, man… I have seen lots of similar behavior in the drug addicts at my old job.
I agree with the rest of you- this episode was a twofer for sure! I’m gonna go home very shortly here and watch it again!
I tend to agree about the drugs. After researching what would smell like cat pee, and since nobody else had a cabin that had that smell, it occured to me that something else was going on. Not surprising is that Meth smells like cat pee, would explain some of the crazy.
And the first day on the boat when the ladies were sitting down for lunch, Kelly “had” to put something on her before she ate. She was probably sneeking off to her room to get blazed or something.
Kelly is clearly nuts or on drugs. That Gywnneth reference really took the cake. Flopping on the bed crying over the “impersonal” gift bag was really over the top. Kelly is very scary! EEK! I would have locked my door that night. That girl needs a doctor. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Sonja is now one of my favorites on the show.
Can’t wait for next week!
Two more things… THIS “Did you guys hear LuAnn’s new song? I mean REALLY?â€, cracked me up! And Jill’s little ice skating costume was hilarious! I mean, she’s a good skater, but would you really wear that at her age? She looked pretty frickin’ ridiculous.
I loved that the caller suggested that she duet with Wm Shatner, and LuAnn pretended not to know what that meant.
Yeah, but it was actually a great idea. I’d buy that CD and bust it out at our cabin bash this summer…
i remain incredulous – how are people like kelly or even danielle from NJ allowed to be parents? the narcissism, the madness, the drugs. it’s just not right.
Best photocap of a priceless episode. Holy crap, that was insane.
Kelly really fooled us in the start of the season, OR, she was taking the correct dosage of her meds.
Sonja is a great addition, and quickly becoming my favorite.
“Amazeballs”.
bwaaaahahahahahaahaa!! TOTES stealing that
Sonja is definitely my favorite by far. I looooove her! I actually feel badly for Kelly, there’s obviously something wrong that isn’t worth mocking or making fun of.
As with everyone, I’m totally loving Sonja as well.
I think we have found the Housewife who can potentially bring the Countess down. I think she’s the only one who can possibly go toe to toe with the Countess on the snide, backhanded, passive-aggressive affronts.
Please, please, please Sonja…bring the Countess down! She already kinda did that a few episodes back when she hinted that the Countess’ had a slut’s dating life. Lol.
And you know it’s pretty crazy when Ramona was one of the calm ones.
Ha! Yeah you right about Ramona! Didn’t we used to look to her to get the crazy on? No need now – Kelly Killoren Bensimon’s in town!
La Guerita, I think the reference to “Rachel” was Rachel Zoe. I seem to recall reading about some rift between Bethenny and Rachel at some point in the last year. What a crazy, crazy episode. It was almost hard to watch — clearly, the girl has some issues.
Thanks, Chesca. I think that is the consesus. Kind of nuts that RZ would have entered Kelly’s mind at that moment…. RZ is annoying and has issues but not on Kelly’s level.
BTW — that pic of her (RZ) ‘sick’ on her bed tthat comes up on the banner makes me laugh everytime.
Bethenny made a comment on Twitter about how ridiculously they behave on Rachel Zoe’s show and they got into a bit of a war for a few days. It was silly. As usual, Bethenny was dead on. Zoe acts like what she’s doing it so important and she makes herself sick over it when she’s not saving lives, she’s just picking out clothes.
I hope Kelly doesn’t come back. I never liked her and knowing she might be a danger to the other women is too much.
Sonja rocked. It took someone from the outside to recognize that this wasn’t just Kelly being ignorant, it had gone to another level. When you’re used to being around someone as much as the other women have been, you have a tendency to keep reacting to them as you normally do. Once the ladies realized this was serious, they all reacted appropriately.
Poor Ramona – people always ruin her parties and she works so hard to be a good hostess.
Word…
I think Sonya was insightful because she was left with Kelly so much, there is usually a hit and run quality around these weird moments. I also wonder why Kelly, who pointedly announced she doesn’t eat processed pretzels and wants to keep people away from her grapes is chomping on lollipops and Gummy bears the whole episode…..she even took a bunch down to the beach. It would suggest drugs or maybe the Twinkie defense will resurface.
I just read the blogs on BravoTv.com and in Bethenny’s (I think it was hers) she said that some really scary stuff went on that was not shown on the episode. I mean, can you imagine what else Kelly could have done and said. Do you think she will show up to the reunion?
She isn’t just going to show up to the reunion, she is asking her twitter follwers to help her get back at the girls and she will say their name on air…read her twitter page, you think she is nuts on T.V. it only is a window to her insanity she writes daily.
The only episode of Real Housewives I’ve seen was the one with the crazy woman flipping the table. So I decided to watch this episode after seeing your post, because I love a good breakdown.
There is something wrong with Kelly. Maybe drugs, maybe demonic possession. Or perhaps a combination of the two. Remember the scene in Batman Begins when the public is exposed to some chemical agent, and it totally warps their view of things. Batman looked like a demon etc. I got the impression that Kelly was seeing these people in such a manner. Her feelings about them visually manifesting themselves in her mind.
She has a pretty good body though. That said, Bethanny is no walk in the park either. Based solely on this episode, I actually really liked Sonja.
LMAO! Love the screen caps!
This episode blew my mind. Kelly has always been irritating and unbalanced, but last night….she clearly went over the edge in the most disturbing behavior I have ever witnessed on a reality show. I literally sat there with my jaw open, completely stunned at what I was seeing and hearing. What was even more disturbing was the look on the other women’s faces. They looked stunned and incredulous at first, but as the craziness escalated they look scared shitless. As Bethany’s blog indicates, what we saw was tame compared to whatwe didn’t see. There was a lot that went on that Bethenny claims would have scared the viewers. Obviously, it just wasn’t just the edited behavior we were seeing that they were reacting from. This isn’t substance abuse psychosis. This is mental illness. A serious mental illness, which she is obviously still not getting treated for based on her tweets and the wacko statement she posted on what her perception of the events were.
I agree – that was genuine mental illness. There might be drugs involved, too, because they tend to go hand in hand, but that was a real mental breakdown. What I find so disturbing is that she has obviously not gotten help in the mean time, because her Tweets are just as delusional. I feel sorry for her and her family.
she must have deleted her tweets, b/c I joined just to see what was up with her, and she had one tweet from a year ago.
Awesome re-cap! The show was scary to watch tho, clearly Kelly is unstable or on drugs. The”satchels of gold ” comment was hilarious what the heck was she talki g about?
I can’t believe she’s an author …she can barely form a coherent sentence.
Also… How about when she was concerned about Bethenny exerting too much effort cooking? What was that? You can’t cook when you’re pregnant?
She is nuts!
I think Kelly felt isolated and completely out of her comfort zone which is in NYC with her children. Add to that the fact that there is real antagonism between her and Bethany and she doesn’t like or have anything in common with the other women and vice versa and you have a recipe for disaster. Toss in the Bravo “team” vigorously stirring the pot to create tension filled situations fueled by lots of alcohol and disaster is inevitable. Further add Kelly quite possibly self medicating with some sort of prescription drug(s) and you get last night’s episode. As SJP noted, it wasn’t amusing. It was painful and made me not like Bethany, Alex or Ramona. I agree with posters that like Sonja. She showed a lot of class during the epi and also on her Bravo blog. Unlike the others who just continued the nastiness.
Are you kidding. The only reason Sonja is nice is because she hasn’t had to put up with Kelly’s bull for 2 years! There are a lot of scenes where Kelly is perfectly lucid, granted not in the last 2 episodes, but for you to say that this made you dislike Alex, Ramona, and Bethany is absurd. They have been putting up with Kelly’s ABUSIVE behavior for quite some time.
I don’t know how anyone could come away not liking Alex, Bethenny and Ramona based on this episode who didn’t already dislike them. Kelly was clearly the instigator of the drama and repeatedly attacked the others without provocation. There is NO excuse for Kelly’s behavior, period.
With all due respect King I have to disagree. This episode made me like BRA even more. I think I am normally pretty cool and calm but I would have thrown my drink in Kelly’s face or come across that table at her. It took the ladies awhile to realize that Sonja was right, Kelly is NUTS but when they did realize it, they all settled down and tried to be civil to Kelly. A lot more than I could have done especially after the actions of Kelly the night before.
The best part of this episode was not having to listen to Jill for more than a couple of minutes and seeing her get told off!
My personal favorite was Kelly’s parting line to Jill at the end of the ‘Bethenny stabbing me’ phone call “I’m going to smile now!”
She appears to be suffering from a hi high-functioning type of autism (e.g., Aspberger’s Syndrome or some other “Non-verbal Communication Disorder in the Autistic spectrum). That means that by birth, she’s extremely left-brained and concrete in her thinking. As a mental health professional, I’ve observed the many ways in which she misinterprets (i.e., she literally interprets) the light, joking banter of her colleagues–she calls it “chatter†or “white noiseâ€. Please read more about this condition, noting that a high percentage of such affected individuals are able to manage careers and families; they’re simply incapable of reacting to others’ emotions in the “normal†way because their right-brained skills are limited. (Many famous people (i.e., the “Silicon Valley†computer millionaires) are similarly affected. Once this hidden “phenomenum†is better understood (and accepted), it should take some of the pressure off the other “wives.†They would need to adapt their conversations skills accordingly. Kelly would ‘prove’ she wasn’t so ‘dumb’ if someone thought to ask her questions about the mechanics of the horse and its gaits or the different theories of riding involving the horse’s center of gravity. She may even outshine the other wives. Conversely, the girls would have the unique opportunity to learn and grow from the experience. Afterall, who can really dispute Kelly’s descriptor of their dialogue as “chatterâ€?
I tend to agree. She is much too literal in her interpretations which is more than likely one of the reasons she is unable to actually “connect” with her surroundings. I think she has taken Jill at her word (not a good move) and has accepted each and every thing Jill has put out there about Bethenny which may be why Kelly felt the need to “defend” Jill.
Those who have Aspergers are more often than not high functioning individuals but are unable to process humor, sarcasm, or nuance. Just listen to the other castmates have to explain “eating crow” to a 41 yr old woman who one would think by this stage of her life would have an understanding of metaphors. Yet again she took the “grape stomping” as literal and Bethenny had to point out that this was a “joke”.
This may be the core of her problems and adding alcohol and constant sweet snacking into the mix could easily explain the bizarre reaction coming from Kelly during the episodes on view. It may also explain why she is out there “twittering” for days and nights on end since she does not see her own behavior as anything but normal from her worldview.
Thanks for the insight Olivia. It is really starting to piss me off the way Bravo is handling the RHwives franchise in general. They are so insensitive to people’s feelings and dignity. They have pushed the envelope too far, especially this season on RHNYC. People’s actual lives are being affected. People with children. Bravo seems to have decided that there are no boundaries and IMO that makes the shows a lot less interesting because they are so manipulated. That group of women, Ramona’s yacht party, would never go anywhere together let alone on a boat and a remote villa where there is no escape. Ramona telling Betheny on the bridge that she had no friends and would soon mess up her love relationship. Jill dumping Bethany on speakerphone. Alex slamming Jill in public. Bethany’s constant snarks on Kelly. And now Kelly’s seemingly irrational behavior. It’s just getting ugly and unwatchable.
Being too literal is also a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia.
King, I disagree with you. These women signed on to make a show and are getting paid big bucks to do it. Not to mention they are becoming nationally known and getting endorsement deals, book deals, “record deals”, all because of the show. They knew when they were getting into and they were happy to do it. If this is how Bravo producers are editing them, then they shouldn’t sign on for next season. But it comes down to one thing, these women are just like everyone else and will do anything to make a quick buck!
That Kelly bitch is just “nuts”.
I am glad I am not the only one who thought this, but I am glad you posted, because what you wrote was so much better than I ever could. There has to be drugs involved too (prescription or not), but Aspberger’s would explain a lot.
That’s very interesting, and I admit that I hadn’t considered the autism spectrum as diagnosis. Addiction, mental illness, narcissism, definitely.
Hmmmm . . .
I think I need to watch this episode again just to make sure I heard everything – those women constantly talking over each other is hard to follow.
The 2nd time you watch is even more bizarre.
What I thought Kelly was doing was putting together a word salad and that type of talk is common in people with schizopernia. I know that isn’t spelled correctly. I couldn’t watch the show. It was too sad.
OMG! I am watching the movie “Vicki Christina Barcelona” That is Kelly in the Penelope Cruz part!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WELL PLAYED.
Marie Elena in Vicky Christina Barcelona had TALENT. Kelly really doesn’t. They both are MAD, but not at all alike in any other way.
My feeling is that after Kelly gave birth, she was mis-diagnosed with post-partum depression (note what she said in the “Chopra Spa” scene with the others).
After not responding to anti-depressants, she had her diagnosis changed to adult ADD and was prescribed either Straterra or Adderil; both of which are Methedrene. Taking these drugs too, one does produce paranoid delusions and aggressive, antagonistic behavior.
All along, however, I honestly feel that she has suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome. Her inablitiy to process abstract ideas, her lack of good manners (remember when she was 1/2 hour late to the infamous Bethenny Bar scene and B called her on it and she said” Too bad” instead of “Sorry”), the literal mis-usage of metaphors, etc. is what gives her away.
Apparently this disease does go undetected as Aspergers’ vicitims are very high functioning if allowed to go at THEIR pace and in THEIR time. It really is quite sad. And quite bad that she is now under the influence of someone as malignant as Jill Zarin.
It’s CREEPY.
I think that the phrase “satchels of gold” refers to a game on FaceBook. It’s called Mouse Hunt and you gather “loot” which includes satchels of gold.
hmmmm….makes sense but still a completely weird shout-out!
yeah but what would be the point of throwing that out if it was a game on facebook? somone on a blog thoght it was antisemetic, i’m thinking it had something to do with her inheritence. especially if kelly thought it was so creepy for B to even be on the vaca after her dads death.
I think it has to do with her habit of randomly blurting out things that are supposed to connotate “happy things.” Rainbows, lollipops, satchels of gold . . . yeah, I know; it’s bizarre any way ya slice it.
Great recap! I found myself holding my head and yelling, “oh my god, what is going on!!??” while watching this episode. It actually made me feel uncomfortable. The look on the girls’ faces, when they finally came to the realization that they were dealing with something far more serious than just a bitch, was pretty intense. That being said, my opinion is that Kelly is a meth addict. She’s constantly coming and going… for the dumbest reasons and coming back calm. i.e. on last weeks episode, she left to put on a cover-up before lunch instead of wearing a bathing suit like everyone else… or leaving after her lunch outburst for a “time-out” a.k.a. to hit the pipe. The biggest red light for me was when Sonya was laughing that Kelly’s room smelled like “cat pee”. That’s what meth smells like when it’s burning. Either way, Bravo has to carefully tread around this one. There’s got to be some kind of vicarious liability in situations like this…
I totally agree with you, Boo. I thought the same thing… the way she would disappear and then come back calm after her “time out” (btw: who uses that term for people over five??)
She may very well have a mental illness, but she totally seems strung out on something.
Hilarious review! Sad that it is all so true. I really liked reading these comments — I think the opinion that Kelly has a high functioning form of Autism is spot on, although I wouldn’t have thought it myself without reading this. And I didn’t really consider her leaving a mess and coming back calm until now either. Gives me a lot to think about when it comes to Ms. Bensimon! That episode was both frustrating and fascinating to watch. Something is wrong with Kelly and it is scary.
So true LOL 🙂
That is hilarious!!! Literally I had tears from laughing so hard. Love it!
I find it absurd that some of you think Kelly could have Aspergers. My son has Aspergers and has never acted like the nutcase that Kelly is. People with Aspergers are not mean and purposely hurtful to others. This woman has a very serious mental illness or drug problem.
I think Kelly & Spencer Pratt should get married…get a show…that’s a whole lotta crazy right there!
Kelly is clearly using *something*. My guess is also Meth. The timeouts, coming back to the group calm but incoherant, paranoia, cat piss smelling room, etc, all point to Meth. It is painful to watch Kelly, however its also amusing.
My favorite line of the night was Bethenny’s FU and FU, I told you she (Kelly) was insane to Alex and Ramona. Priceless!
How very very sad ! She might be bi polar and well as borderline, and probably had a psychotic break. Again so sad for her and her family.
Could she be on drugs also?
I don’t know what is wrong with Kelly (too much meds/not enough meds) I just know that I am throughly enjoying both the show & this blog conversation.
I wonder if the camera/sound people who are filming this shit ever just want to drop their equipment and run.
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Seriously. I think the clinical diagnosis is “this bitch is fucking nuts.” I’m not giving her a pass by chalking it up to some mental illness. Drugs, perhaps, but her behavior is her responsibility and that bitch is fucking nuts.
It’s Turtle Time.
I’m not giving her a pass, either.
Own your behavior!
And those glasses she wore while taking pictures, were so 1979.
yeah, wtf has she got against 1979?
Wow, so many comments!
Yeah, this was pretty painful to watch, and I ain’t no fan of Ms. Bensimon in the best of circumstances–for those who have not watch across last season and this, please know that there is a real pattern of absurdity with this chick.
Cat pee is the smell of meth?! Who knew!
And, finally, am I the only one who noticed that kelly was waaaaay sweaty/greasy/unduly affected by the atmosphere as compared to the other women both last week and (escalating across) this? Now, what’s THAT indicative of?
I noticed the excessive perspiration, but I attributed it to the fact that Kelly was so emotionally worked up over her statements. Just an additional testament to how reactive she is to the other women, which I think might preclude her from the Autism Spectrum, IMO and tends to lead more towards some other “chemical” imbalance, to say the least.
Have we already forgotten that TV documented the descent into madness and drug abuse that culminated in the death of Anna Nicole Smith? At what point do TV producers have a responsibility to put aside their bloodthirst for ratings and show some genuine concern for their “stars?”
Kelli’s mean and crazy behaviour might well be fueled by meth (smells like pussy), but IMHO, the chicks a FULLBLOWN MALIGNANT NARCISSIST.
NPD’s will often completely sink into psychosis if their constant need for center of the universe positioning is threatened- i.e. everybody’s paying attention to Bethenny. The constant and vicious, snaps to “ZIP IT” and “shut up, I DON’T CARE” are clearly red flags to this unusual, yet pandemic disorder (can anyone say “Goldman Sachs”?)
Narcissists have no true ability to feel empathy- they will constantly and viciously attack whatever they percieve as a threat to their attention (like a wasp) NOTE:how well controlled Kelli was when she was in control of “the photo shoot”. Human Beings are no different to a narcissist than toilet paper…
Add to the mix the possibility of something as strong as METH !!!??? Very Scary!
But boy oh boy….this chicks need for constant chaos, abuse of former boyfriends and crazy making pretty much fits the bill. Was wonderin how one would go about bringing their meth stash out of the US, guess BRAVO had its own plane. Narcissists need nothing more than the reflection of their current mask to keep themselves happy- just sucks for them if anyone else is in the reflection. SHE SURE “DROPPED THE MASK” here!
I think Kelly has Asperger syndrome. She fails to pick up on social cues. She is quickly overwhelmed with conversation coming from all sides. She is emotionally volatile. She loses her language abilities under social stress. She doesn’t like dealing with feelings. She doesn’t like eating in a bathing suit. I’m suprised she doesn’t know this about herself. Maybe her family felt her quirkiness was not a handicap because she is high functioning, and does quite well for herself. She needs to learn how to pick up on social cues and conduct herself properly.
what do you make of kelly saying a number of times that it is “gross” for bethenny to spend time with her girlfriends so soon after her father’s death? seems to me that being with friends in a spectacular place would be exactly where bethenny would want to be. and it also seems to me that normal people would go out of there way to be kind and not antagonistic to bethenny in light of her recent loss. any insight into why kelly would label bethenny’s decision to go on the trip as “gross”?
She stated several times that she felt Bethenny was exploiting her father’s death for ratings and she said she felt physically ill that she was speaking ill of the dead. I’m pretty sure that all came from Jill. Kelly’s not smart enough to come up with it on her own.
“their” not “there”. sorry
KIDS—this is your brain on DRUGS/METH= Kelly
I think this is the longest comment thread since the old Laguna days…
The “Worst Big Brother House Guest” ever post had comments over 100. But I am not sure if that is the longest one on this site or not.
Ahhhh – Laguna days. Nostalgia.
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I just noticed that “The Most Comments Ever” is listed on the right side. DOH.
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I see that Alex posted the link to this photocap and gave it a thumbs up – congrats B!!
I KNOW! It’s great! She linked to it, and now all these people on Twitter are linking to it. I’m so happy.
Will this post get over a 100 comments though? WE SHALL SEE (fanning the flames)
All the more reason to love Alex.
my armchair diagnosis is Ms. Wackadoodle is a high-functioning Asperger’s fueled by some sort of substance abuse. There are times (not often, but it happens) when she appears to be lucid and makes sense, but more often than not, she is nonsensical, defensive and out of touch with reality.
She very clearly needs professional help and Bravo should do an intervention.
although, let me clarify, Bravo should do an intervention, but not show it on the telly. This person has many mental health issues and it has been just sad to witness her breakdowns.
all signs point to crazy with a chance of drugs for KKB. What about, when on the streets of NYC, she had NO idea how to use her camera (snarky laugh here), but yet, could conduct a photo shoot on the beach??? Crazy with a (strong) chance of drugs.
Twas amazing to watch the ladies’ faces drop when they truly realized that there was a problem and not just KKB being a bitch.
I know, as viewers, we have known in the backs of our minds that there was something wrong with her for quite a while, but that epi really shocked and slapped me upside the face. I bet we will see the same meltdown with Danielle (RHONJ) also, I think she honestly has a mental illness.
IDK what to do, it is too much crazy to watch, yet I really can’t turn away. I guess we all sideways glance, maybe watch too long at the crazy, disheveled person on the street. This is just a pretty glossy version of that.